why was onimusha 2 considered the "best" in the series

[Meow]

doing some research and a lot of people say it its considered super fun/the best

[TheHuskyGT]

I love 1, and 3 was okay. But 2 nailed it. Graphics are superior than 1 and 3, progression and leveling is better. Story was great, with a lot of throwbacks and connections to the original. And back then, it had a really good horror aspect. The fixed camera was in par with the best classic Resident Evil games.

[HALO_run]

Origineel geplaatst door DeathHug:

Do they? I consider Onimusha 1 the best.

only if it's genma

[XYX]

Samurais destiny is the best because its focused more on memorable mechanics and good game play and locals over gimmicks like the time travelling in 3 and stuff. It also has arguably the best supporting cast of the 3 games in the trilogy. it also is the only game of the 3 with a branching mechanic that can make each play through unique based on choice. It also has the best combat and issen (demon sieges issens were a downgrade). Also it was the last game made by capcom besides the re1 remake to use pre rendered backgrounds.

[neon.wir]

Origineel geplaatst door XYX:

its focused more on memorable mechanics and good game play and locals over gimmicks like the time travelling in 3 and stuff.

Onimusha 2 bogs itself down with gimmicks. A nebulous alliance system, gifting + RNG item pools (which is the only way to get certain upgrades and other unique items), branching side stories that are inconsequential to the plot itself, a shopping system with currency that is outright abandoned after the first third of the game, 4 time as many secondary characters you may be forced to play as. You're not wrong in saying the core mechanics of Samurai's Destiny are a major strength. But what an odd claim to make that it didn't focus on gimmicks when it flagrantly leaned on these contrivances.

[vukotlak]

I liked Onimusha 2 the most . The reason for that was that it has a much more interesting combat system then Oni1 with more weapons and moves.

[SilverDyne]

It's kind of just the best adventure game if it's style ever made tbh.

[Comkill117]

I don't think there's a common consensus on which is the best honestly. As for 2, it's biggest elements that make people like it are all the characters having their own playable sections that depend on how you treat them as well as new story developments related to that, the beautiful backgrounds which were some of the last pre-rendered ones Capcom ever made, the improved combat mechanics and more adventure style gameplay, and the more standalone complete story.

Personally, my favorite is probably Genma, but they're all pretty great in their own ways.

[Therontakai]

onimusha 2 is still a good game, but was very much treated as the worst of the main 3.

Mainly because it's just a weird juxtaposition compared to onimusha 1, where the series had horror roots, and then 2 just drops that for a more samurai action story with demons, alot of silly characters, and romance and friendship sidegoals.

I still don't think it's a bad game but it was such a juxaposition is definitely didn't make good first impressions.

[EvathCebor]

I think Onimusha 2 is, by far, the weaker entry in the main saga (still miles better than Blade Warriors of course).

Onimusha 1 > Onimusha 3 > Onimusha 4 > Onimusha Tactics > Onimusha 2 > Onimusha Blade Warriors.

The first Onimusha is perfectly paced and built, it's near perfection to me. Even its short lengh and simplicity are qualities : the game design is very focused and efficient, and this is peak replayability to me.
Onimusha 3 is fanservice and has its weird moments, but it's so much tons of fun, it's a rich game, wonderfully paced, generous, the peak of action/adventure on 128 bits era, I can't unsee it's qualities. And Jean Reno, for god's sake !
Onimusha Tactics is a nice little spin off, and a clever way to avoid many difficulties and still bring the series to the handleds, instead of trying to brute force the Onimusha formula into the GBA (even if many others IPs did it managed the challenge surprisingly well, it's still an interesting route they took for Onimusha).
On the other hand, I consider Onimusha 2 to be a bit too much cringey for it's own good, Not a bad game, but still, far from being as good as the others. It's the first Onimusha minus most of what made it shine : it's tone. While Onimusha 3 is different and daring enough to emancipate from the first two games, the second Onimusha is just a "what the ♥♥♥♥ happened ?!". From a level design perspective, it's not as good as the first. The gameplay, also, is messy and the game design is going in weird directions, it doesn't feel polished and some ideas should've been abandoned or fleshed out instead of released in such a state. And, more importantly to me, it's tone misses the mark. I was not much of an internet boy at the time, and my friends were not onimusha players so I was out of the general consensus, but it was so obvious to me that the second one was the weaker of the series (if not for Blade Warriors) that I am genuinely surprised to discover it was the other way around.

[Narrowmind]

2 put this game to death, and this game was a masterpiece - Genma, anyway. lol

[TheComboAddict]

I recall a lot of people saying 3 was the best and 1, and no so much on 2. 2 was actually my first one but when I had played 1 and 3, I noticed they were substantially much easier than 2.

And 4, damn...I really like 4 these days but the japanese version is FAR better than the english, not just because it has a full english option but because the balancing is way better, there's difficulty selection from the start with I think an even harder difficulty available, enemy balancing isn't affected by a hatred for the rental market so they aren't damage sponges.

[Narrowmind]

Yeah, 2 is a black sheep honestly. I do remember not liking 4 very much, but thinking about it, yeah, the balance had something to do with it. It seemed very different from the first 3.

[Void Dragon]

I only like it over 1 becuase for some reason its more memorable when I was a child, back in PS2 era. Kept thinking I liked 1 better then 2 because of some false memories that leached from 2 to 1, such as puzzle boxes being in wrong locations.

Wonder if Hell mode will be in 2, though.